Structure of Markets for Inputs and Outputs as an Instrument of Political Control and Exploitation in Kenya
The structure and the terms of participation in the markets were generally in favour of the settler farmers. Capital markets,…
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Reclaiming the Promise of the Sociological Imagination in Africa
I have carefully chosen the theme of this address as ‘Reclaiming the Promise of the Socio logical Imagination in Africa’…
Realities in Post Colonial Kenya
The extent to which the colonial socio-economic infra structure remained squarely intact in the post-colonial Kenya remains a major paradox….
Framing the challenge and the context of Contemporary Africa Sociology today
A major fact of contemporary sociology is that a lot of changes have occurred in the discipline since the times…
Transitional Politics in Kenya– From Colonialism to Self Rule
There is overwhelming unanimity that the question of excessive loss of land was the prime mover of the independence struggle…
The Market for Land in Colonial Kenya
Once the settlers fully consolidated their power, the natives were progressively disenfranchised of their ownership claims to any tract of…
The Logic of Indirect Rule in Colonial Kenya
The colonial policy is usually presented as if there were no exceptions in their application to the subject population. To…
Taxation and Markets for Labour in Colonial Kenya
Taxation was widely used as a policy instrument to regulate the labour market not only in Kenya but also throughout…
Structure of Markets for Inputs and Outputs in Colonial Kenya
The structure and the terms of participation in the markets were generally in favour of the settler farmers. Capital markets,…
The Concept of Land and Market in Colonial Kenya
The concept of the market as it exists today was virtually unknown in the pre-colonial Kenya. The notion of exclusive…
Paradigm of the Market as an Instrument of Political Control and Exploitation in Developing Countries
The widespread market failure and the resultant chronic economic crisis in developing countries is seen as a consequence of the…
WoDaaBe Migrant Workers and the Pastoral Economy
It is difficult to estimate the extent of WoDaaBe migrant work in the present due to the lack of statistical…
WoDaaBe Ethnic Boundaries in the City
Processes of globalisation have in many cases intensified borders and also the markers of inequality, even though not acting on…
When Nomads Lose Cattle: Wodaabe Negotiations of Ethnicity
Ali, the young man sitting in front of me, looks away and we are silent. His clothing is torn and…
The Ongoing Travel of the WoDaaBe
The WoDaaBe social system and culture have undergone constant changes as far as their written history shows, having responded to…
The Market as an Instrument of Political Control and Exploitation: Some Insights from Kenya
The vast majority of developing countries, especially on the African continent, have leapt into the new the millennium trapped in…
Shame and Migrant Work as it relates to WoDaaBe
There is an element of shame associated with being engaged in occupations other than herding animals. It has been demonstrated,…
Diversification Strategies of the WoDaaBe Pastoralism
Recent perspectives on pastoral nomadism emphasise boundaries between agriculture and pastoralism as fluid and constantly changing, making it common for…
A Look at the WoDaaBe Ethnic Identity
When God created WoDaaBe, God gave them migration movements (gonsul) as their tradition. Thus, when WoDaaBe came into existence they…
The future of Pentecostalism in Nigeria
It is clear that Pentecostalism as the driving force of Christian revival in Nigeria has been fraught with misrepresentations and…
The Character of Pentecostalism in Nigeria
It is beyond the scope of this article to prove the veracity or otherwise of claims of the miraculous feats…
Pentecostalism in Nigeria: Exploiting or Edifying the Masses?
What began as an innocuous charismatic fervour in African Churches in the early 1980s had its humble origins in the…
Is Pentecostalism in Nigeria Exploiting or Edifying its Followers?
It is a difficult question to ask whether or not the Nigerian Pentecostal churches have been exploiting their members. This…
Explaining the Spread of Pentecostalism in Nigeria
Although there are three broad categories of religious inclinations in Nigeria –Christianity, Islam, and African Traditional Religion – the advent…